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MEP EP#63: HEBI Robotics with Dave Rollinson

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Runtime: (40:00)

Hosts:
Parker Dillmann
Stephen Kraig

Guest:
Dave Rollinson

Podcast Notes

  • Our guest this week is Dave Rollinson from HEBI Robotics.
    • Dave is a robotics engineer with a PhD in Robotics and a B.S. in M.E. from Carnegie Mellon University.
    • His thesis research advanced the control and design of articulated, modular, snake-like robots with a focus towards real-world applications like urban search and rescue and industrial inspection.
  • HEBI designs and manufactures industrial motorized actuator building blocks. HEBI takes the hard part out of designing automated robotics.
  • The actuators are torque/force controlled compared to absolute position control.
  • X-Series Industrial Smart Actuator
  • Assisted Actuator Assembly with X-Series
Figure 1: Dave Rollinson of Hebi Robotics.
Figure 1: Dave Rollinson of Hebi Robotics.
Figure 2: Hebi X-Series Actuator
Figure 2: Hebi X-Series Actuator
Figure 3: Dave Rollinson fused with a robotic exoskeleton.
Figure 3: Dave Rollinson fused with a robotic exoskeleton.

Special thanks to whixr over at Tymkrs for the intro and outro!

About The Hosts

Parker Dillmann is MacroFab's Co-Founder, and Lead ECE with backgrounds in Embedded System Design, and Digital Signal Processing. He got his start in 2005 by hacking Nintendo consoles into portable gaming units. He also runs the blog, longhornengineer.com, where he posts his personal projects, technical guides, and appnotes about board layout design and components. Parker graduated with a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas.

Stephen Kraig began his electronics career by building musical oriented circuits in 2003. Stephen is an avid guitar player and, in his down time, manufactures audio electronics including guitar amplifiers, pedals, and pro audio gear. Stephen graduated with a BS in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University.

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